2008 US Open Halfpipe Finals

By Nick Hamilton
Sat, Mar 22 2008 12:00 am | 1 Comments

Kevin Pearce won the TTR world tour and earned himself a mellow 50,000 check for his efforts.

Peetu Piiroinen won the Burton Global series and a nice check for 100 grand. Not a bad season!

Torah Bright took the halfpipe win, Kelly Clark 2nd place and Gretchen Bleiler 3rd place.

Shaun White with a huge McTwist over the Stratton pipe.

Kevin Pearce took 3rd place, just enough to earn him the TTR title for the season.

Shaun's runs included plenty of 9's and 10's. Here's one grabbing nose.

Shaun White pleases the crowd with a frontside 5 stale.

Shaun White qualified in first place going into the finals, and after scoring a 91 first run (best of 3's final) that score earned him another victory lap.

Scotty Lago heated it up all day. First hit frontside alley oop.

Kelly Clark kills it in the pipe and gave Torah a good run in the finals.

Gretchen Bleiler almost getting blocked by one of the cameramen on the deck.

Antti Autti stretches out with a fine backside air.

Torah Brights winning run was filled with tech spins. She was starting with a backside 3 first hit putting it all on the line, and it paid off.

Kelly Clark placed second

The US Open always draws a great crowd and this year was no exception.

Peetu Piiroinen huge frontside air in the pre finals practice session.

Kazu sending it off the first hit. Rodeo nose grab.

Shaun "The Animal" White

Kelly Clark had the highest amplitude out of all the women finalists

Gretchen Bleiler lighting up the pipe. Look out for her new Signature line with Oakley coming this fall.

Scotty Lago was on fire all day and was one of the few riders that could have upset Shaun's victory.

Peetu Piiroinen from Finland was making a name for himself

Big inverted airs were the order of the day

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TAGS: East Coast, Halfpipe, Shaun White, Stratton Mtn, US Open Snowboarding, usopen, Vermont

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